I’m a postdoctoral researcher in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at LSE. I work in the philosophy of cognitive science, and am currently employed on the UKRI grant project 'Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human?' (P.I.: Alexandria Boyle). Episodic memory is our capacity to vividly remember past experiences. The aim of 'Episodic Memory: Uniquely Human' is to understand the nature of episodic memory, its biological functions, and its potential distribution across non-human species and AI systems. More broadly, I'm interested in cognitive ontology, comparative cognition, and the philosophy of AI.

Before moving to London, I worked in Israel through the Excellence Fellowship for International Postdoctoral Researchers (2022-2023). I was based in the Department of Brain Sciences and Cognition at Ben-Gurion University, where I worked with Nir Fresco. I studied philosophy at UC Davis (Ph.D., 2022, supervised by Zoe Drayson), San Francisco State University (M.A., 2013), and McGill University (B.A., 2011). I grew up in San Anselmo, California, pretty close to where the landscape photo above was taken (Bolinas Ridge Trail, 2022).

For more info about me or my work, please get in touch by email: a.g.schwartz@lse.ac.uk